Initial page for CALS site, part of the University of Arizona, headquartered in Tucson, Arizona. The College is engaged in teaching, research and outreach in many fields in environment and natural resources, family and youth, human nutrition, food safety, health, marketing and trade, animal systems, and plant systems.

SustainableSources.com - information and sources of materials, assistance, and links for further research on many aspects of sustainable construction and remodeling.

A home should be a place of refuge as well as a source of delight. Working with a palette of enduring materials, we design and build dwellings that express our clients' individuality and respect Tucson's unique climate, culture and architectural heritage. We collaborate with our clients to create their desert sanctuary and that special sense of home.

The process of one family building their own rammed earth home in Dallas Texas is described. What research and preparation is being done? What is the building process? What are the problems encountered?

Greenhomebuilding.com focuses on sustainable architecture, natural building, solar energy, ecology, water and forest conservation, recycling, greenhouses, adobe, cob, strawbale, cordwood, papercrete, earthbag and vernacular architecture, with related resources of books, videos and links.

Rammedearth Org - The central information resource for the rammed earth community.